Improvement in horse hay-rakes



'F..HUBER- HORSE HAY-RAKES.

v Patented Aug. 21,1877` l @MQ jmf UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD HUBER, OF MARION, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSE HAV-RAKES.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 194,435, dated-August 21,1877; application led June 8, 1877.

To all whom it may concern: thimbles F and short bolts c. The thimblesBe it known that I, EDWARD HUBER, of have circular flanges f on theirouter ends, the city and county of Marion and State of and spurs s ontheir inner ends, Fig. 3. The Ohio, have invented a new and usefulImflanges j' bear against the side of the handleprovement in RevolvingHorse Hay-Rakes; pendantsD, and the spurs s enter the side of and l dohereby declare that the following is the pendants O of the draft-bars.The bolts a full, clear, and exact description of the 0 pass through thebottom or inner ends of the same. thinibles, and also through thependants C.v

The invention is anl improvement in the Ihe bolts c draw the spurs sinto the Wood, class of revolving horse hay-rakes, and reandthe spurs,in turn, prevent the thimbles lates to the construction of thepivot-bolts revolving on the bolts. The latter, being which connect thependants of the handle and slender, do not unduly weaken the .narrowdraft-bars. pendants C, while the larger thimbles furnish In theaccompanying drawin gs,forming part a broad bearing for the 'widependants D. of this specification, Figure 1 is an end elevarEhe rake isprevented from revolving by the tion of the rake, with part in section.Fig. 2 spring-catches c', which are attached vertiis a plan view ot' therake. Fig. 3 is an encally to the front ends of handles E, and bearlarged detail section of the device for-connecton the front tines orteeth; and also by the ing the pendants of the handle and draft-bar.rear shoulders d, Fig. l, of the pendants D,

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail section of the which bear on the rear lugs@located between pendants ofthe draft and handle bars, showthe teeth.The rake is revolved by raising ing the arrangement and application ofthe the rear ends of handle-bars.

device for connecting them. Fig. 5 is a cross- What I claim issection online x a', Fig. 2. The combination, with -the pendants O and Thedraft-bars A are attached to the rake- D, ofthe pivots, formed of theiianged thimhead B by means of pendants or arms O, in4 bles having spurss and the bolts b, all as thle usual way, and their front ends arerigshown and described.

id y connected by a tie-rod, a, and spacingbar b, the latter having agroove in its under EDWARD HUBER side in which the rod is placed, asshown. Witnesses:

The broad pendants or arms D of handle-bars W. E. MOORE,

E are pivoted to the pendants O by means of B. F. STAHL.

